Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
I've done LFS myself and doing that could be quite instructive. Mind you, LFS (to the best of my knowledge) is used for building a GNU/Linux based OS for a particular machine (architecture) only, atleast you would get best results for that target machine (think using optimizations). I can't help you with unattended install processes, but as others have pointed out already, atleast Fedora/Mandriva allow the same. Check their project website for ideas. For an easy (customizable) live CD building (with installation support), another option could be slax [slax.org]. I personally dislike binary based distros. I'm currently using Gentoo. There is a related project (for Gentoo only?) called SCIRE for remote administration and possibly installation (unsure)? Sharad Birmiwal On 4/5/07, PJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/4/07, Gora Mohanty gora at ... wrote: Redhat does handle some things better, such as kickstart for rolling out identical distributions across multiple machines. For cloning on identical machines, nettee with dd is probably handy for mittel-geeks (as opposed to über and unter-geeks, I suppose). PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Own Linux Distro
Hi All, I am planning to create own Linux distribution with minimal and few custom packages also inducing unattended installation procedure. I would be doing it for the very first time so thought to gain some expert advice before proceeding. I would prefer to follow either Debian platform or Redhat or may be both. Incase, anyone out here had good experience in achieving the same then I would appreciate if you can share your experiences and pointers to do so. I have been trying to google it around and encountered few links: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.gnewsense.org/Builder/HowToCreateYourOwnGNULinuxDistribution But before I start working on any, I thought that there might be some awesome link that I couldn't locate and you might like to share. Thanks in advance, Dhruv ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:41 +0530, Soi, Dhruv wrote: Hi All, I am planning to create own Linux distribution with minimal and few custom packages also inducing unattended installation procedure. I would be doing it for the very first time so thought to gain some expert advice before proceeding. I would prefer to follow either Debian platform or Redhat or may be both. [...] My first question would be, why? Is there some specific need for yet another distribution. Instead, could you just make up and use a minimal subset of packages from an existing Linux distribution. In my opinion, Debian derivatives have a better packaging system than Redhat-based ones, and Debian has a larger repository than most other distributions. Redhat does handle some things better, such as kickstart for rolling out identical distributions across multiple machines. Regards, Gora ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
It's not going to be a publicly available distribution so nothing to panic about distribution flood. It would be for the sake of our internal project. And Indeed, I would also like to work on Debian derivative. I hope this answers your question well. Any other advice on achieving it with lesser whys and whats involved? Many Thanks, Dhruv -Original Message- From: Gora Mohanty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 2:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Linux-Delhi mailing list Subject: Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 14:41 +0530, Soi, Dhruv wrote: Hi All, I am planning to create own Linux distribution with minimal and few custom packages also inducing unattended installation procedure. I would be doing it for the very first time so thought to gain some expert advice before proceeding. I would prefer to follow either Debian platform or Redhat or may be both. [...] My first question would be, why? Is there some specific need for yet another distribution. Instead, could you just make up and use a minimal subset of packages from an existing Linux distribution. In my opinion, Debian derivatives have a better packaging system than Redhat-based ones, and Debian has a larger repository than most other distributions. Redhat does handle some things better, such as kickstart for rolling out identical distributions across multiple machines. Regards, Gora ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
Soi, Dhruv wrote: It's not going to be a publicly available distribution so nothing to panic about distribution flood. It would be for the sake of our internal project. And Indeed, I would also like to work on Debian derivative. I hope this answers your question well. Any other advice on achieving it with lesser whys and whats involved? Take a look at this : https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/pungi you can get the base Fedora tree from any of their mirrors. Also, i think the whole intensity of debians' got the largest package base is much diminished now, Fedora has a fairly large rpm base as well. Not quite the size of debian/gentoo as yet, and prolly will never be, but its still got most of the things that people really want. Can you refrain from top posting ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
Hi All, I am planning to create own Linux distribution with minimal and few custom packages also inducing unattended installation procedure. I would be doing it for the very first time so thought to gain some expert advice before proceeding. I would prefer to follow either Debian platform or Redhat or may be both. We do similar process for embedded linux, and usually start with uclinux. In your case if the hardware is similar, then you can do lots of customization for kernel, modules, packages etc. Warm Regards, Mukund Deshmukh, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd. 10/1 IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur -440022 India. Web site - http://betacomp.com ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
On 4/4/07, Soi, Dhruv [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am planning to create own Linux distribution with minimal and few custom packages also inducing unattended installation procedure. This is something that is still not feasible, How are you planning to customize the installer, Which installer you are choosing ? I would be doing it for the very first time so thought to gain some expert advice before proceeding. I would prefer to follow either Debian platform or Redhat or may be both. I would prefer taking ubuntu as a base , Ofcourse you get access to a very large debian/ubuntu repositry , But the plus point with ubuntu is that there are a lot of documentation available that is ideal for newbie Incase, anyone out here had good experience in achieving the same then I would appreciate if you can share your experiences and pointers to do so. I have been trying to google it around and encountered few links: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ http://www.rocklinux.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.gnewsense.org/Builder/HowToCreateYourOwnGNULinuxDistribution wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallCDCustomizationHowTo Please add any details or new customization to the wiki so that others can follow But before I start working on any, I thought that there might be some awesome link that I couldn't locate and you might like to share. Thanks in advance, Dhruv ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ -- Linux User #348873 ILUGD Commitee Member, GZLUG , DGLUG Moderator B.Tech 4th Year Computer Science , RKGIT , Ghaziabad http://rockybhai.blogspot.com When i can run , i will run , When i can walk , i will walk, When i can crawl , i will crawl. But i will not stop moving forward ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
On 4/4/07, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Redhat does handle some things better, such as kickstart for rolling out identical distributions across multiple machines. I think preseed does the same thing , But i never used kickstart so can`t say ! -- Linux User #348873 ILUGD Commitee Member, GZLUG , DGLUG Moderator B.Tech 4th Year Computer Science , RKGIT , Ghaziabad http://rockybhai.blogspot.com When i can run , i will run , When i can walk , i will walk, When i can crawl , i will crawl. But i will not stop moving forward ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
Gaurav Mishra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 4/4/07, Gora Mohanty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Redhat does handle some things better, such as kickstart for rolling out identical distributions across multiple machines. I think preseed does the same thing , But i never used kickstart so can`t say ! Preseeding is discussed on http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/394 FAI (fully automatic install) is another mature option. Discussed on http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/240 PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Own Linux Distro
On 4/4/07, Gora Mohanty gora at ... wrote: Redhat does handle some things better, such as kickstart for rolling out identical distributions across multiple machines. For cloning on identical machines, nettee with dd is probably handy for mittel-geeks (as opposed to über and unter-geeks, I suppose). PJ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
